First SMS Trojan for Android is in the wild
John Leyden, The Register, 8/10/2010 Premium rate scam will cost Google phoners dear The first text message-based Trojan to infect smartphones running Google’s Android operating system has been detected in the wild. Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer-A poses as a harmless media player application and has already infected a number of mobile devices, Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab warns. [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Malware, SMS
‘Unhackable’ Android phone can be hacked
Tim Greene, Network World, 7/29/2010 Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. Not only has suspect software cloaked in a wallpaper application gathered personal information from infected phones and sent it to a Web site in China, but researchers from Lookout Mobile Security [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 4G, GPS, Linux, Malware, SMS, Sprint, Verizon
Hacked iPad 3G sends texts, runs on T-Mobile
Jay Hathaway, DownloadSquad, 5/3/2010 Our friends over at Engadget are reporting on a wicked hack for the just-released iPad 3G that allows you to send SMS messages and use the device on US carrier T-Mobile. iPhone fans who are dissatisfied with AT&T’s performance have been using jailbroken phones to get around the AT&T/Apple exclusive carrier [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, SMS, T-Mobile
WebOS SMS vulnerability detailed
Gareth Halfacree, Bit-Tech, 4/20/2010 Palm’s WebOS platform – the software behind the Palm Pre smartphone, among others – has a rather nasty bug in it which can lead to remote exploitation via SMS. According to a post on ZDNet’s Zero Day blog, the flaw – discovered by security firm Intrepidus Group – stems from the [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm · Tagged with: Malware, SMS, WebOs
Mobile Collaboration Tools Uptake Fueled by Smartphone Surge
Michael Alexander, CMS Wire, 3/19/2010 Will we look back at 2010 as the year of mobile content management and collaboration? At least two market researchers think so. And to prove it, a number of companies are already in the game with tools that put enterprise collaboration platforms into information workers’ pockets. CXOs Want Mobile Content [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: SMS
Mozilla Launches Firefox Mobile Add-On Challenge
Nathan Willis, Linux.com, 3/16/2010 Mozilla has launched a contest to spur on development of add-ons for its recently-released Firefox for Mobile browser. Between now and April 12, developers are encouraged to create extensions or other add-ons tailored for the mobile browser. The top ten submissions (as judged by Mozilla’s Add-ons and Mobile teams) will each [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, Chrome, GPS, HTML5, Linux, Nokia, SMS, WinMo
Three new options emerge for managing smartphones in the enterprise
Network World staff, Network World, 3/12/2010 Hosted solutions make big promises but remain unproven The surge of iPhones and other smartphones in the enterprise is a major headache for IT departments. Now, there are three new medicines that may help to ease that pain. All three are hosted solutions for managing and securing smartphones, essentially [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: Malware, SMS, Symbian, WinMo
Scribd goes mobile, adds sharing to iPhone, Kindle
Josh Lowensohn, CNET, 2/24/2010 Trip Adler, CEO of document-sharing service Scribd.com, could be commended for having an unorthodox presentation style. At a time when companies big and small have gone to great lengths in trying to channel Steve Jobs, Adler is the one thinking different. On Tuesday, as I sat in Scribd’s San Francisco offices [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone 7, iPhone · Tagged with: Flash, SMS, WinMo
Score deals with your mobile phone
Ginny Mies, PC World, 2/22/2010 Smartphones are costly investments, but they can save you money, too. Did you know that you can use your phone as a barcode scanner while you are out shopping? Or that you can find in-store coupons through your phone? Dozens of free applications that can help you save cash are [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, Palm, iPhone · Tagged with: GPS, SMS, Symbian, WebOs, WiFi
Windows Phone 7 Series: everything you ever wanted to know
Joshua Topolsky, Engadget, 2/18/2010 Microsoft just planted a massive flag in the ground with the debut of Windows Phone 7 Series. The company’s new mobile operating system is a radical and potent departure from the past, and there’s a lot to take in — so we’ve gathered together all our knowledge and impressions of the [...]